carton

noun

/ˈkɑːtn/

/ˈkɑːrtn/

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a light box or pot made of thick card or plastic for holding goods, especially food or liquid; the contents of a carton
- a milk carton/a carton of milk
- a carton of fruit juice/ice cream
Extra Examples
- The soup is sold in cartons.
- Why are these milk cartons so difficult to open?
- an empty milk carton
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- cardboard
- plastic
- egg
- …
verb + carton
- open
preposition
- in a/the carton
- carton of
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(North American English) a large container in which goods are packed in smaller containers
- a carton of cigarettes

Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Italian cartone, from carta, from Latin carta, charta, from Greek khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’.

单词	carton
释义	carton noun /ˈkɑːtn/ /ˈkɑːrtn/ jump to other results enlarge image a light box or pot made of thick card or plastic for holding goods, especially food or liquid; the contents of a carton a milk carton/a carton of milk a carton of fruit juice/ice cream Extra Examples The soup is sold in cartons. Why are these milk cartons so difficult to open? an empty milk carton Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective cardboard plastic egg … verb + carton open preposition in a/the carton carton of See full entry (North American English) a large container in which goods are packed in smaller containers a carton of cigarettes Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Italian cartone, from carta, from Latin carta, charta, from Greek khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’.
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